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Definition of Haltering
1. halter [v] - See also: halter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haltering
Literary usage of Haltering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... simplicity, hope and fear, those two haltering cannons and principal engines,
with their objects, reward and punishment, purgatory, Limbus Patrum, &c., ..."
2. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"HUGH PETERS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: OR, THE haltering OF THE DIVELL. [Nor.
29, 1660.] HUGH PETERS, who was executed with the most savage cruelty, ..."
3. The New System of Educating Horses, Including Instructions on Feeding by Dennis Magner (1870)
"haltering the Colt. Being haltered, the colt must now be taught to submit to its
restraints and yield to control. Take a position at the side of the colt, ..."
4. Husbandry Spiritualized: Or, The Heavenly Use of Earthly Things, in which by John Flavel (1824)
"MEDITATION X. UPON THE haltering OF BIRDS WITH A GRAIN Of HAIR. OBSERVING, in a
snowy season, how the poor hungry birds were haltered and drawn in by a ..."
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